A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
The former West Indies batting great said Sachin Tendulkar has carried the responsibility of the team for a long period with success.
Ace discus thrower Vikas Gowda clinched the first gold for India as the home team won three medals on the second day to make their presence felt in the 20th Asian Athletics Championships, in Pune on Thursday.
The Indian ace shared medallist honours with Australian duo Kim Felton and Scott Barr in the International Final Qualifying Asia.
England's World Cup 2018 team, and remarkable similarities emerge between the XI expected to start the semi-final against Croatia
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
India dominated the range and the ring as Shreyasi Singh's double trap gold shored up the medal tally while the entire men's Indian boxing contingent made the semi-finals to be assured of podium finishes in an unprecedented performance on Day 7 of the 21st Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast on Wednesday.
Opener Kedar Devdhar hit a stroke-filled 145 as Baroda took a sizeable lead of 303 runs, despite narrowly falling short of Mumbai's first innings total, on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match.
Interview with former JK chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. Azad feels all his good work as the chief minister was wiped clean by the emotional and divisive politics unleashed by the father-daughter duo of Mufti Mohd Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti.
Investigating agencies claim that the amount of fake currency in India is a shocking Rs 170,000 crore. Reserve Bank of India officials dispute this figure and say that as on July 2008, the total currency available with the Indian public was Rs 603,000 crore and if what the IB is saying is true, then it would mean that 28 per cent of the currency in the country is fake.
In our special series revisiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor and Babita's 1971 film, Kal Aaj Aur Kal.
Rajneesh Gupta breaks down all the facts and figures from the recent India vs Australia ODI series.
India assured themselves of at least another silver medal in the 17th Asian Games after the trio of Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar entered the final of the compound men's team archery event in Incheon on Thursday.
The opening Test between India and New Zealand at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera ended as a draw on the fifth and final day on Monday. The visitors, chasing 295 to win, had made 22 for one when play was called off.
'You have to separate the concept of India as a nation State which is very young and the Upanishadic wisdom which is timeless.'
Although he failed with the bat, Sachin Tendulkar made up by taking two wickets in the third and final one-day international against South Africa in Belfast on Sunday.
Farokh Engineer had offered to help the team during their tour of England, but the BCCI ignored him.
'I've answered all those people who are tweeting nonsense about Varnika Kundu and trying to shame her.' 'Shame her for what? For being a young girl at a party with friends? For enjoying herself?' 'I think it is ridiculous for somebody to say that she should not be out at night.' 'Why should a girl not step out at night?' 'What does that mean?' 'Does it mean that something happens to the boys at night and they change into monsters?' 'If so, then the problem lies with the boys, not with the girls.' 'Please keep your sons at home at night.' 'Why are you telling girls where to go and what to do?'
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
An inspired Pakistan hammered a blundering India by 180 runs to lift the ICC Champions Trophy, riding on a scintillating hundred from rookie opener Fakhar Zaman and a sensational bowling spell from Mohammad Amir.
The South Asian community in America has its share of idiosyncrasies. Two expats use humour to capture the Diaspora experience, discovers Matthew Schneeberger.
Right now, our mindset is very similar, to go out there and enjoy our cricket, which we have done in the past few years, says Kohli at a press conference before the defending champions' departure to England for the Champions Trophy. Rediff.com's Harish Kotian listens in as the young Indian captain speaks.
A round-up of Vijay Hazare Trophy matches played across the country on Friday
When the defending champion India take on Pakistan in their potentially high-octane campaign opener of the ICC Cricket World Cup on February 15 at the Adelaide Oval, the awe-inspiring Sachin Tendulkar would be conspicuously absent for the first time in a match between the two arch-rivals in the showpiece event.
The Bollywood stalwart turns 70 on January 17.
This is the story of a biotechnology engineer who, at age 22, founded Terra Greens Organic -- a company that aims to engage at least 10,000 farmers in organic farming in the next one year.
The ace Indian golfer, chasing his first victory on the Davidoff Tour, fired a four-under-par 68 to join the South African at the top of theleaderboard in the Volvo Masters of Asia.
India, chasing a huge Sri Lankan total (642-4), got off to a good start on day two of the second Test at the SSC Ground in Colombo on Tuesday. The visitors made 95 for no loss at close of day's play, with Virender Sehwag unbeaten on a well-made 64 and giving him company was Murali Vijay on 22.
A first-of-its-kind travel show explores the special bond a father and daughter share.
As India gets set to play its 500th Test, Rajneesh Gupta presents India's memorable Test victories at home.
'Mary just stopped talking to me. Maybe she did not like the fact that she was the gold medallist, but it was me (Sarita), not her, who was getting all the attention.'
Two unassuming young women saved India the humiliation of returning empty-handed from the Olympics for the first time since Barcelona in 1992 with awe-inspiring performances at Rio.
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